Obstructions by lieaps of fallen trees, prevented us taking- a section of the Canal in the direction which it would run, but apparently the mean depth of tlie earth to be removed for fonniiig the Canal would be about twelve feet at the greatest depth, hence ab(jut 642,240 cubic feet of earth must be removed : The ground thougli soft is so much interwoven with the roots of trees and the work will also be so much retarded by the influx ot water into the Canal whilst digging, that it is supposed that one man could not remove above fifty cubic feet per day, hence 12,84^ days for one man would be required; which at 4s. per day amounts to ^£2,509. In very dry times, such as the present, the water in the Mohawk is so httle that none can be spaied to increase the quantity in Wood Creek. A bulkhead must therefore be placed at the point C precisely of the height with the level uf the water in the Moliawk, a boat then in this low state of the river coming up Wood Creek to tke point C must unlade, and be drawn across the bulk head into the Canal ; th.ere reloaded and pi-oceed through the Canal into the Mohawk lliver ; but when the Moliawk River rises so much as that a qiiantily of water e(iual to caiiy an empty boat is added to the water in the river, the water on the bulk hccid will rise to nearly that height, and the empty boat will pass. If tlie rise be ecjual to the water drawn by a loadcil boat, the boat and its cargo will pass the bulk head into the Canal. It is evident by this ai«-angement the navigation of Wood Creek will l)e much m nded whenever tlie water in tlie Afoliawk is higlier than at present.